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GENERAL
Nickname: Bulldogs
Colors: Red/Black
Coach: Jim Boyd
League: 3A District 1 (moving from 3A District 2)
Playoff Division: 3A
Playoff Division Rank: #23

RATINGS
2013 Final Power Rating: 4.7
2013 National Rank: #6769
2013 State Rank: #79
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -0.2
2014 Starting Power Rating: 4.5
2014 National Rank: #6577
2014 State Rank: #75
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2013 Rating): 13.8
Dynasty National Rank: #3756
2014 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 9.1
Dynasty Record: 69-44 (53-22 in league)

HISTORICAL
2013 Overall Record: 3-7
2013 League Record/Finish: 3-3 (4th)
2013 Points For Average: 25.9
2013 Points Against Average: 30.3
2013 Differential: -4.4
2013 Wins: #5702 Sergeant Bluff-Luton (Sergeant Bluff) (36-34), #9906 Denison-Schleswig (Denison) (30-14), #10441 Storm Lake (58-14)
2013 Losses: #303 Bishop Heelan Catholic (Sioux City) (62-27), #2483 Sioux Center (27-0), #2604 Harlan (20-14), #2901 Carroll (27-14), #3369 Spencer (37-20), #5899 Humboldt (35-28), #9245 MOC-Floyd Valley (Orange City) (33-32)
2013 Opponents W-L: 68-40
Recent League Championships: 2012 (tied for 1st; 3A District 2), 2006, 2005 (tied for 1st), 2003
Winning Streak Entering 2014 Season: 1
Streak List: 9/5/14 Western Christian (Hull) (20-14)

SCHEDULE
2014 Schedule: 8/29 MOC-Floyd Valley (Orange City), 9/5 at Western Christian (Hull), 9/12 Storm Lake, 9/19 at Sioux Center, 9/26 at Denison-Schleswig (Denison), 10/3 Spencer, 10/10 at Sergeant Bluff-Luton (Sergeant Bluff), 10/17 Rock Valley/Boyden-Hull (Rock Valley), 10/24 at Bishop Heelan Catholic (Sioux City)
Highest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Bishop Heelan Catholic (Sioux City) (49.4), Sioux Center (27.7), Rock Valley/Boyden-Hull (Rock Valley) (22.8)
Lowest-Rated 2014 Regular Season Opponents: Storm Lake (-9.3), MOC-Floyd Valley (Orange City) (-5.5), Denison-Schleswig (Denison) (-5)
2013 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 8.9 (14.6 overall)
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 11.1
2014 vs. 2013 Schedule Strength Comparison: +2.2
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #10
2014 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #4202
2014 Projected Regular Season Record: 4-5
2014 Projected League Finish: 5th
2014 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%



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